Deck 9: Document Analysis: Using the Written Record

Question 1

Each of the following is an example of the episodic record, except

A) United Nations archive of speeches delivered to the United Nations
B) Personal diaries
C) Memoirs
D) Correspondence

Answer 1

A

Question 2

The portion of the written record that is enduring and covers an extensive period of time is the ____________ record.

A) Episodic
B) Running
C) Recorded
D) Time series

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Each of the following is an advantage of using the running record rather than the episodic record, except

A) Cost in both time and money
B) Accessibility of the records
C) Covers a more extensive time period
D) All public institutions share their records

Answer 3

D

Question 4

The list of materials germane to the researcher's subject in a content analysis makes up a __________.

A) Sampling frame
B) Research collection
C) Literature
D) Sampling unit

Question 5

What is the running record? In your answer please include examples of sources you would include in the running record.

Question 6

Data related to foreign affairs collected and distributed by the United Nations is an example of

A) The record
B) The written record
C) The running record
D) The episodic record

Question 7

The ________ is composed of documents, reports, statistics, manuscripts, and other written, oral, or visual materials.

Question 8

This use of the written record via systematic coding and classification of its contents is an example of _______________.

Question 9

What is the advantage in using the written record over other methods when it comes to reactivity?

Question 10

Document analysis includes

A) Qualitative methods
B) Quantitative methods
C) Both qualitative and quantitative methods
D) Neither qualitative or quantitative methods

Question 11

____________ reliability means that two or more analysts, using the same procedures and definitions, agree on the content categories applied to the material analyzed.

A) Intercoder
B) Interitem
C) Interrecord
D) Interviewer

Question 12

What kind of research questions can the written record help answer that surveys or experiments are not likely to be very helpful with?

Question 13

The portion of the written record that is not part of a regular, ongoing record-keeping enterprise is the ____________ record.

A) Episodic
B) Running
C) Recorded
D) Time series

Question 14

What is the episodic record? In your answer please include examples of sources you would include in the episodic record.

Question 15

Each of the following is an example of the running record, except

A) World affairs data from the Central Intelligence Agency's World Fact Book
B) Social data available on the European Union Open Data Portal
C) Economic data published by the US Bureau of the Census
D) Notes from meetings of the National Security Council kept by the Secretary of Defense

Question 16

Why is it important to construct a set of mutually exclusive and exhaustive categories when analyzing documents in content analysis?

Question 17

What is the advantage of using the written record to analyze events across time?

Question 18

If the recording unit is too small in a content analysis,

A) It will be difficult to measure the single category of a content variable that it possesses
B) It will be unlikely to possess any of the content categories
C) It will introduce selection bias
D) It will introduce sampling bias

Question 19

What are the drawbacks of relying on the episodic record to collect data?

Question 20

All but one of the following are among the many advantages of using archival records, which is not?

A) Access to subjects impossible to research otherwise
B) Data are usually nonreactive
C) Often permits analysis over time
D) Data is collected without bias

Question 21

What steps would be necessary to collect data in a content analysis?

Question 22

What are the comparative advantages and disadvantages of using the running record and episodic records as sources of data?

Question 23

What are the drawbacks of using a content analysis?

Question 24

Please provide a substantive example of how you would carry out a content analysis.

Question 25

Why is the recording unit important in a content analysis?